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Danielle Taft

Case from New Haven, CT dated Feb 03, 1994

Victim Details

Danielle Taft

Female

Black / African American

New Haven

CT

1994-02-03

Danielle

Taft

07/16/2026

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In the winter of 1994, a heart-wrenching tragedy struck the city of New Haven, Connecticut, forever altering the lives of a family and shaking the community to its core. On the evening of February 3rd, seven-month-old Danielle Taft, an African American baby girl, was fatally wounded in a senseless act of violence. The infant was inside her home when a barrage of more than a dozen bullets was fired from the street, piercing through the walls of the apartment. The same gunfire that extinguished yo ...
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  • WTNH.com: Man exonerated after 30 years files civil rights lawsuit against New Haven Police Department
  • fox61.com: 'I am a prisoner' | New Haven mom of baby killed in 1994 reacts to man’s exoneration
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